"So-called ’[Venerable No World Wall]’! The Heavenly Dao of that world rejects excessively powerful cultivation forces. If a Venerable descends to that world, they’ll be suppressed by that world’s Heavenly Dao! At worst, they’ll be annihilated!"

"So... the suppression array you saw might not be for suppressing, but rather..."

"Rather, it’s laid down by the Venerable coming to undergo tribulation to deceive the Heavenly Dao of that world, suppressing their cultivation?"

"Not just cultivation, and not simply ’suppressing’. To integrate the soul into a fetus, creating a new consciousness and soul that isn’t influenced by the original—this difficulty is far from just suppressing cultivation," the old lady explained seriously, "This is actually an annihilation and feigning death array!"

Annihilation? Feigning death?

Chen Yan’s brows twitched.

"Moreover, the Heavenly Dao of that world will strongly reject a descending foreign Saint! This rejection, it’s unimaginable at your current realm.

Though powerful, a Saint’s strength relies on the Domain Realm’s Heavenly Dao! In that other world, a Saint cannot fight against that world’s Heavenly Dao.

Like a tiger falling into the sea.

To deceive that world’s Heavenly Dao and avoid provoking huge rejection force, the Saint must choose to have their true self descend, but when the true self descends, they can’t use the methods of the Hundred-Year-old Venerable ’God-Hosting Chapter’.

Thus, the Saint must make that world’s Heavenly Dao think they are ’dead’.

After death, the rejection force of the Heavenly Dao disappears, allowing the Saint to reincarnate, hosting the soul in new life."

Chen Yan clicked his tongue in wonder, "Is it so complicated?"

"What do you think? It’s the Heavenly Dao! Deceiving the Heavenly Dao, it’s not easy?

Have you forgotten how you recklessly changed Lu Sisi’s fate against Heavenly Dao, hiding her feigned death from the Heavenly Dao, resulting in all doom and tribulation transferring onto yourself?

The Heavenly Dao is not to be trifled with lightly!"

Chen Yan listened to the old lady’s warning, but he blinked his eyes.

Hold on a minute! The old lady said it’s... ’not to be trifled with lightly.’

So not lightly?

Meaning it can be trifled with!

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"The method of this Suppressing Annihilation Array is quite superior. Among the Saints I know, those with such top-notch array techniques are no more than ten.

Don’t think all Saints are omniscient and omnipotent. Even Saints and Venerables have things they excel in and things they don’t, like those Demon Race Venerables who aren’t skilled in Primordial Spirit spells and divine techniques, nor are they very proficient in array techniques."

Saying this, the old lady gave Chen Yan a peculiar look, "You’ve got good luck making such a superior Suppressing Annihilation Array. This Saint must be one of the ten I know, and definitely Human Race!

Boy, don’t think I’m joking with you. If your little wife is some kind of demon, like a black bear demon or something, you’ll cry!"

Chen Yan just curled his lips.

What’s wrong with demons?

Isn’t Lady Bai charming? Isn’t the nine-tailed fox Daji charming? Didn’t Monk Tang encounter charming spider demons and rabbit spirits?

How can there be racial discrimination!!

Besides, didn’t you always deceive me since childhood, saying my mom was a White Fox?"

The old lady, who had raised Chen Yan from childhood to twenty, saw his eye movements and knew what kind of thoughts were spinning in his head, snorted coldly: "Don’t be thinking any crooked thoughts!

Hmph, you might be feeling proud now, but...

The ten Venerable Saints I mentioned... aren’t all female!"

Chen Yan: ...???!!!!

Not all female!!!

Wait, wait a minute!!!

That means, Lu Sisi’s true self, the great power reincarnated to undergo tribulation... might be a guy?!

With a thud, Chen Yan slipped off the stone platform onto the ground, for a while his face pale as paper, looking flustered.

Fuck!!

Just imagine:

If Lady Bai comes to undergo tribulation or repay some kindness, and marries Xu Xian, it’s a beautiful story!

But if it’s Fa Hai who marries Xu Xian?!!

"Old, old lady! Old lady!!! Don’t scare me!! Your grandson here is timid, can’t handle scares!!

Don’t make such jokes recklessly!"

Chen Yan swallowed hard, trembling, "Don’t keep me in suspense! Just tell me, out of those ten Venerables, how many are female? Can you tell who it exactly is? You need to give me a definite answer!!"

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[Feeling a bit stuck, the next plot choice involves two routes, left or right, which I haven’t quite figured out yet, so there’s some hesitation, allow me to write slower for now.]

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